Improvement in the mode of attaching seats to wagons



J. L. LINVILLE & W. SHIMANOUR. MODE 0]? ATTAUHING SEATS T0 WAGONS.

No. 112,728. Patented Mar. 14, 1871/ V U IT D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'lM-PROVEMENT IN THE MODE 0F ATT ACHING SEATS T0 WAGONS.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 1 H723, dated March 14,1871.

To all whom it may aoncem Be it known that we, J osnrn L. LInv1LLE and 'WILLI'AM .SHIMANOUR, of Findlay, in the county of 'Hancock and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Raising .Attachmentsjfor Wagons; and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of j the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, making a part. of this specification, in which---. 7

Figure 1 is a side view of the attachment in use upon a box having a top rail. Fig; 2 isa side view of the attachment in use upon a box without a top rail, and Fig. 3 is a view in pers ective of the pivoted clasp and lower rail of t e attachment.

(J'ur invention relates to certain improve ments in seat-raising attachments for wagons; and it consists of a malleable-iron frame having two parallel "rails connected by two curved bifurcated standards, and arranged so that the wagon-seatmay be secured to the upper rail of the frame by bolts and the lower rail of the 7 frame secured to the top rail or edge. of, the 1 wagon-box by dowel-pins, and a pivoted clasp provided with a flange, and a thumb-screw for holding it in'place, as will hereinafter more the reception of the bolts which pass through the bottom of the wagon-seat and secure it to' the seat-raiser C. F F are curved bifurcated standards, which connect the upper rail, D,

with the lower rail, G. The upper rail, D,-

and the standards F F have the flanges h and ii, which impart additional strength to them.

The lower rail, G, has the dowel-pins k k and the pivoted clasp L, provided with the flange o and the thumb-screw m, for holding the clasp in place when the seat-raiser is in use. The

clasp L is pivoted at p to the lower'raiLG, so that it may beswung round to admit of inserting or'withdrawing the dowel-pins k it when attaching or detachingthe seat-raiser. The

dowel-pins k k enter holes n n in the top rail,

B, of the box A. The flange 0 on the pivoted clasp L passes under the top rail, B, and the clasp isheld in place by-tighteningthe thumbscrew m. Constructing the seat-raiser in the manner above scribed gives it abearing upon the box A the full length. of the lower rail, G, admits of its being made lighter, gives it great strength, and. lessens the friction of the" dOweLpins, thus preventing-the top rail, .3, y

from becoming much worn.

When notop rail, B, is 'used, holes for the;

reception of the dowel-pins k is are made in edge of the box A. The flange o of the clasp}; L is then made round, and a slotted iron plate,

1%, is placed upon the inside of the box A'for its reception. The standards F F are bifurcated, in order that the weight maybe more equally distrib uted upon the lower rail, G.

secure by Letters Patent, is--' A seat-raising attachment consisting of the upper rail, D, standards FF, and lower rail, G, provided with dowel-pins k k, and the pivoted clasp L, having the flange 0 and the thumb-screw m, all arranged relatively one to the-other, as set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing improvement in seat-raising attachments for wagons, as above described, we have hereunto set our hands and sealsthis 23d day of J an nary, 18 71. I

JOSEPH L. LINVILLE. L. S. WILLIAM SHIMANOUR. L. S.

I \Vitnesses: I p

D. B. BEARDSLEY, GEO. G. DOUGLAS.

Having thus described our improvement, what we claim as our invention, anddesire to 

